In The Language of Things Deyan Sudjic Director of the Design Museum decodes the things around us their hidden meanings our relationship with them how they shape our lives & why we desire them Design is everywhere It seduces pleases & inspires us It makes us part with our money It defines who we think we are An iPhone an anglepoise lamp a Picasso a banknote an Armani suit a William Morris textile a Lucky Strike packet a spacecraft
- every object tells a story And understanding their stories offers us a whole new way of seeing the world & Articulate & wonderfully knowledgeable for anyone who takes an interest in the world around us& Time Out &A nightmare vision of a world drowning in objects witty well observed & wide-ranging& Guardian & An elegant witty & free-ranging survey from Thomas Chippendale&s ponderous 18th-century manor-house furnishings to Jonathan Ive&s sprightly Macintosh i Books& Daily Telegraph & Lively engaging& Evening Standard & Readable sharp & worthwhile& Financial Times Director of the Design Museum Deyan Sudjic was born in London of Yugoslav parents He is a former architecture critic for the Observer & a visiting professor at the Royal College of Art Sudjic was Director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2002 & is author of The Edifice Complex the much-praised 100-Miles City the best-selling Architecture Pack The Language of Things & monographs on John Pawson Ron Arad & Richard Rogers
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From bestselling author of SIX OF CROWS Leigh Bardugo comes a lavishly illustrated collection of short stories filled with betrayals revenge sacrifice & love Inspired by myth fairy tale & folklore THE LANGUAGE OF THORNS will transport you to both lands familiar & strange that millions have visited through the novels of the Grishaverse Love speaks in flowers Truth requires thorns Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight of haunted towns & hungry woods of talking beasts & gingerbread golems where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms & where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding but only for a terrible price Inspired by myth fairy tale & folklore no 1 New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo has crafted a deliciously atmospheric collection of short stories filled with betrayals revenge sacrifice & love Perfect for new readers & dedicated fans of the Grishverse This collection of six stories

Includes:: three br&-new tales all of them beautifully illustrated with art by Sara Kiplin that changes with each turn of the page culminating in six stunning full-spread illustrations as rich in detail as the stories themselves

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From fjords to mountains schools of herring to herds of reindeer Scandinavia is rich in astonishing natural beauty Less well known however is that it is also rich in languages Home to seven languages Scandinavia has traditionally been understood as linguistically bifurcated between its five Germanic languages (Danish Norwegian Swedish Icelandic & Faroese) & its two Finno-Ugric ones (Finnish & Sami) In The Languages of Scandinavia Ruth H Sanders takes a pioneering approach she considers these Seven Sisters of the North together While the two linguistic families that comprise Scandinavia's languages ultimately have differing origins the Seven Sisters have coexisted side by side for millennia As Sanders reveals a crisscrossing of names territories & even to some extent language genetics intimate language contact has created a body of shared culture experience & linguistic influences that is illuminated when the story of these seven languages is told as one Exploring everything from the famed whalebone Lewis Chessmen of Norse origin to the interactions between the Black Death & the Norwegian language The Languages of Scandinavia offers profound insight into languages with a cultural impact deep-rooted & far-reaching from the Icelandic sagas to Swedish writer Stieg Larsson's internationally popular Millennium trilogy Sanders's book is both an accessible work of linguistic scholarship & a fascinating intellectual history of language ...

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is the long-awaited new story collection from Denis Johnson author of the groundbreaking highly acclaimed Jesus' Son Written in the same luminous prose this collection finds Johnson in new territory contemplating mortality the ghosts of the past & the elusive & unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe assert themselves Finished shortly before Johnson's death this collection is the last word from a writer whose work will live on for many years to come ...

'A charming & brilliantly entertaining novel shot through with the light-hearted Nesbit touch' Penelope Lively from the introduction When did two girls of our age have such a chance as we've got
- to have a lark entirely on our own? No chaperone no rules no No present income or future prospects said Lucilla It's 1919 & Jane & her cousin Lucilla leave school to find that their guardian has gambled away their money leaving them with only a small cottage in the English countryside In an attempt to earn their living the orphaned cousins embark on a series of misadventures
- cutting flowers from their front garden & selling them to passers-by inviting paying guests who disappear without paying
- all the while endeavouring to stave off the attentions of male admirers in a bid to secure their independence' To come upon any Nesbit today hitherto unread is like receiving a letter from a friend whom you have believed dead' New York Times


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The Laser is the world's most popular adult dinghy & comes with three rigs Standard (used by men at the Olympic games) Radial (used by women at the Olympic games) & 47 (used by young people moving up from the Optimist) But the boat is not restricted to top athletes; its versatility means that it is an ideal boat for beginners & club racers too Lasers can be found at nearly every sailing club throughout the world Targeted at the club sailor The Laser Book covers the techniques & skills needed to succeed in Laser sailing for those starting out through to those striving to win their Club Championship Whether you are a youngster moving up to a 47 or a club sailor looking to improve your results expert advice from author Tim Davison plus contributions from Laser gold medallists world champions & their coaches will take your Laser sailing to the next level Beginning with setting up the boat Davison takes you through your early sailing experiences & caring for your Laser Developing your skills on all points of sailing you will then be introduced to race tuning & racing itself This is detailed for all three Laser rigs including the new Mk 2 Standard sail Over 350 photographs show you exactly how it's done & 50 diagrams illustrate key boat parts the different points of sailing & complex on-the-water scenarios with clarity Whatever your background your current level or the extent of your ambition this book gives you all the tools you need to get out on the water & improve your Laser sailing ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Academy Award winner Al Pacino stars in this erotic comedy from Oscar Award-winning director Barry Levinson Aging actor Simon Axler (Al Pacino; The Godfather) is having trouble separating scenes from a play with real-life events After an incident during his latest stage show Axler embarks upon an affair with a friend’s lesbian daughter & his whole world slowly turns upside-down Also starring Golden Globe Nominee Greta Gerwig (Francis Ha) & Oscar Award winning Dianne Wiest (The Odd Life of Timothy Green) The Last Act is inventive profound & witty from start to finish ...

'A suspenseful & heart-wrenching thriller about ambition obsession & what happens when the lies we tell about ourselves become indistinguishable from the truth' ROBIN WASSERMANNo one keeps more secrets No one is better at hiding them With an ending you will never see coming & characters that will stay with you forever THE LAST ACT OF HATTIE HOFFMAN is a gripping psychological mystery perfect for fans of THE ROANOKE GIRLSEighteen-year-old Hattie Hoffman is a talented actress loved by everyone in her Minnesotan hometown When she's found stabbed to death on the opening night of her school play the tragedy rips through the fabric of the community Sheriff Del Goodman a close friend of Hattie's dad vows to find her killer but the investigation yields more secrets than answers it turns out Hattie played as many parts offstage as on Told from three perspectives Del's Hattie's high school English teacher & Hattie herself The Last Act of Hattie Hoffman tells the story of the Hattie behind the masks & what happened in that final year of her life Wonderfully evocative of its Midwestern setting & with a cast of unforgettable characters this is a book about manipulation of relationships & identity; about the line between innocence & culpability; about the hope love offers & the tragedies that occur when it spins out of control ...

In the summer of 1990 Cathy's brother Matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night out two weeks before receiving his GCSE results Sitting by his unconscious body in hospital holding his hand & watching his heartbeat on the monitors Cathy & her parents willed him to survive They did not know then that there are many fates worse than death ...

In the summer of 1990 Cathy's brother Matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night out It was two weeks before his GCSE results which turned out to be the best in his school Sitting by his unconscious body in hospital holding his hand & watching his heartbeat on the monitors Cathy & her parents willed him to survive They did not know then that there are many & various fates worse than death This is the story of what happened to Cathy & her brother & the unimaginable decision that she & her parents had to make eight years after the night that changed everything It's a story for anyone who has ever watched someone suffer or lost someone they loved or lived through a painful time that left them forever changed Told with boundless warmth & affection The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink is a heartbreaking yet uplifting testament to a family's survival & the price we pay for love ...